Audubon County journal., June 17, 1915, Image 1

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The sp.c:al meeting of the com
mercial dub called for Monday even
tog proved to be an enthusiastic
one. Not an immense crowd was,
present bul these who were there
were alive. The situation was thor
oughly discussed as to the pros
pects for getting the big picnic and
it was made plain that if Adel
wanted tlie gathering she oould
(have it. The club immediately voted
in favor of taking it on. The date
was. then considered and finally
siet for June 25, as the best time
for holding it. This it is believed
will get it into warm weather and
yet not be in the heat of sum
mer.
The same committees that were
appointed for the Fourth of July
arrangements were named for the
work of getting the picnic plans
(under way. It is proposed to have
^attractions that will entertain not
only the people who come for the
P5onic, but the people of our neigh
boring towns and communities. It
as a bui thing there will be1 an
immerse crowd here on that day,
limited only by the condition of
the wea'her. The picnic will draw
from all along the River-to-River
road clear through the state, also
SElrcm every direction north and
awuth. Everyone will be welcome
and everyone is invited be here
on- that day. The advertising com
mittee is actively at work getting
the event b:fore the people.
—The Dallas Co. Record.
A SPECIAL invitation
Dr.
J.
C. Newlon,
Exira, la.
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•Dear Sir:
The Adel Commercial Club cor
JTialJy invites ycu £lnd your town
people, also the rural people of your
city to be here on June 25th. on
which dale Adel entertains the peo
ple attending the River to River
irf Road picn:c. Adel is doing her best
to make the event pleasant for
thjose at ei.d.ng, There will be sev
$£ oral att anions here and probably
an aeroplane flight by Robinson of
GrinneH. Hoping you will tell all of
your friends cf tlrs event and try
sto be here yourself, we remain, :g
Vours very truly,
Adel Commercial Club.
Al\in E. Skinner Sec.
osters hkiu:
st Saturday gentlemen from
Adel hove into town from the east
with their car ccrated with signs
which re'^d that the greatest picnic
ever le'd by borsters in Iowa would
be held at Adel on Friday, June
25 th
After the usual salutation by our
fellows and "fe and water" for
their auto tl'ey pulled on to the end
of their journey.
They ccrtair.ly enthused our boost
el's to participate with them and it
would not be surprising to see all
our Commercial Club at Adel on
that day. Everybody that can do so
Come.
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SCHOOL
ruiLie
iMr Petersen, one of our gen
eral merchants presented the school
board with a bust of Washington
for decorating the walls of the
Auditorium of tlfe new bui'lding.
Mr. Edwin Delahoyde also made
the school board a present of the
bust of Lincoln for same purpose.
Mrs. Fred Cotton paid the tuning
of the Piano as her contribution to
the equipment of the new building.
Its not that the school board can
not furnish these things but thai,
the love one has for the system
that provides such insijitutions of
learning, and the opportunity of
show ones
apprec'ation
of such free
dom is where the satisfaction
comes in.
Harry Lessinger came over from
Harlan Saturday to make an over
Sunday visit with his friend, Miss
Bertha Minerman, returning home
Hondas
29 YEARS OLD EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17,
films
KILLED HI LIEHI
While John F. Michael was ravel
ing with his five children from Grin
nell Iowa to Nebraska over the Riv
er to Ri'ver Read, by team he camp
ed aboui six miles west of Exira
Tuesday evening. George Sorensen
living near by called at the camp
and was talking to Mr. Michael
when a storm came up, a. bolt of
li'ghtiuing struck llie tent and killed
two of hes hildren, Dora Mabel
aged twelve and Flora aged nine.
Mr. Sorensen and Mr. Mi'chael were
sitting at the time in the tent door
Mr. Sorensen was knocked out of
the dcor while Mr. Mi'chael was
thrown into Ihe tent, and the sisters
who were standing were killed in
stantly. The mother of the children
died two years ago and was buried
at Red Oak. The bodies1 of the little
ones were brought here and prepare
ed for burial by Undertaker Gore
and were taken last evenihg to Red
Oak fcr burial by auto.
Kind sympathetic friends made up
a puise of about $100 for Mr.
*MlclieaI.
Ey
PROVED FATAL
Cameron Twp Corres-
Our
pon-ent
In lust weeks issue we stated
.hat Ro~et Greenlee was kicked
by a lo.se and very seriously injur
ed. The injury pioved fatal and in
the early morning of June 10th. he
d.ed at Mercy hospital in Des
Moines. Robert Greenlee" was born
February 20) h, 1884 and died June
10, 1915 aged 31 years 3nios„ nnd
20 days. He was the son of Mr. and
M.S. Wili Greenlee who are now re
siding In Wyoming. His mother was
p.esei.t at the funeral, no. arriving
however, till af.er his death. His
f.thtr not very well at
vhis
time,
d.d not feel able to make the long
tr.p. 'Ihe deceased leaves a wife two
children, la her and mother, a sis
ter and bro heis and numerous oth
er le'atives.
taking off was especially sad
on account of its suddenness. He
has been a reside.it of .his Twp.
fcr some time and is well and fav
orably known l.y nuny cf our peo
ple. Funeial seivlce was conduct
ed at ti.e jL'hn Sliumaker home on
Su. day afternoon, June 13tli. by
Rev. J- ckson Giddens, cf Audubon
aud appropria, music was furnislie
by an AuduLon quartette consisting
of Hcogenaaktr, Sampson, Smith,
and Liudrum. After a touching and
beautiful fermon by Rev. Giddens,
the remairs were taken to Maple
Grcve Cen etery at Audubon and
la lo rest.
Ke'evajit to the alove funeral we
r.o:ed tlia. it was cne of the largest
we lia\e ever a tended. One person
present sated that he counted forty
teams and ninety automobiles.
Those ccn\eyances if placed in line,
a a safe moving distance apart
would form a procession a mile and
a half In length. It was certainly
a fine tribu'e to the departed.
The High School pupils held a
picnic last Friday afternoon. A fine
time is reported.
THURSDAY CLUB
The Thursday Club met at the
home cf Mrs. Lee McAnincli June 3.
Current Events were given and dis
cussed, after which Mrs. Gault gave
a very interesting paper on Mount
Vernon and The White House. Re
port of years finances vas read by
•Mrs. Milliman.
Roll Call was responded to by
"Famous Women" which showed six
tren members present. Club adjourn
ed for social hour after which a
most del'cious luncheon was served
by the Hostees.
(Mrs. Jenkins Miss Edyth Hamlin
and Mrs. Millar of Newton, were
guests of the day.
Dr. R. A. Jacobsen is now the own
er of a new 1916 Model Overland
auto which he purchased last week.
Exira Will Have Her Celebration on Saturday, July Third
The new scliooMiouse, built by
this city last year at a cost of appro
mately $40,U00 was dedicated Thurs
day.
Between the hours of 1 and 3
the building was open to visitors
and everyone was invited to make a
inspection tour of building under
the direction cf competent guides.
Work done in the course of the year
work by all the pupils in each grade
was on exhibition and made a very
nice showing of what the school is
doing. The work done by the domes
tic science girls attracted special at
tention. Many beautiful dresses, the
work of those girls, were on display
as well as simpler tilings in dres
making. Ice cream and cake was
served to all the visitors by the do
mestic science girls.
At three o'clock aill gathered in
high schor.l auditorium, where the
program was opened by a beautiful
piano duet by Misses Mabel Ide amd
Lena Ecklts. Rev. Jessie G. Getty
invoked Divine blessings. The high
school chorus gave one of the excel
lent musical numbers after which
Msycr Rassmussen gave short
add:ess upon "Our New School,"
wh'ch he stated had been voted by
a vote of over 10 to 1. Miss Ella M.
Stsarns Cour.ty Superintendent,
spoke for a faw moments. "This is
ti:e f.nest anl best equipped build
ing I ever saw for the money" was
'her opinion. O Ide of Brayton in
terested the audience with a talk
on the old school days after which
the Boys' Chorus gaive a musical
number and responded to two en
cores.
IFrcf Hoyman then introduced the
speaker of the day, Supt. A. M.
Deyce, state superintendent of.
school who s^id in the course, of
his address, "I have been wanting
to ccnie here since Mr. Mahanna
sta:e inspector, told me you h.ad a
model bu.lding here." "Among the
great number I have visited theie
is no building I like so well as this
ie. It is as nearly perfcct as I be
lieve it couid be made. I cannot
think of a single improvement that
might be made. It is the best one
could desire."
Thursday evening the graduation
exercises were acso held in the au
ditorium as a fitting climax to the
day's events. Prof. J. L. Conger, Ph.
D., mayor of Galesburg, Illinois, and
form.r superintendent of schools lv
made the address to a clats of three
boys and nine girls and a host of
admiring friends and relatives. This
is the largest class to graduate from
Exira's schools and the first to go
out from the new school building.
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VIOLEKT ACT
In the passing cf Mr. Chris Rass
mussen who lived just west of the
Audubon County line in Shelby Co.
northwest Kimballton. Audubon co.
as well as Shelby shares in the loss
of one of its best and most progres
sive and influential farmers.
As a boy he struggled hard to ob
tain enough capital to start on a
farm, and when once established he
sougl to follow registered hog
raising as a mark of his special in
dustry and in which he took special
^•ntere^t^
His success along this line was
satisfa.tory and his dispersion sales
were all well attended by his appre
ciative neighbors as well as stock
farmers from a distance
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who
had
confidence in his ability.
H's 'i anie mingled with the best
stock men of stfte because of his
integrity of character, his truthful
ness and uprightness in business re
lations with his fellow man. Mr.
Rassmussen was a Danish gentlema
and a worthy subject of his adopted
lard. He was about 40 years of age
and leaves a wife and two children.
Mr. and Mrs. James Chandler of
Audulon, came down to attend
school exercises Thursday night last
and accepted the hospatalities of
their friends Mr. and Mrs. William
iBintner where they remained over
night. ..
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Tuesday about 3:30 a fleet of
eight automobiles passed through
Exira with their equipments all
bound from the Northwestern Mili
tary' ai'd Naval academy of Lake
Gene\a Wisconsin and bound for
Sin Francisco.
The cars were manned by military
Cladets commanded by Col. Davidson
and accompanied by an Army office
The expeditionary force spent Sun
diy in Des Moines and are leisurly
passing acrcss the country to their
destination.
The River to River Road was sele
ed to travel on because of its fine
condition at all times and its panor
amic views and beautiful scenery
which at this time of the year has
no equal.
Citizens enmasse welcomed them
to Exira The City Beautiful, and the
gentlemen were reciprocal with thei
plaudits and the keen appetites for
our rich ice cream.
The fleet consists of one officers'
reconnaisance machine, equipped
with mapmaking instruments, spiro
meter for ascertaining altitude, per
iscope, distaphone, typewriter, and
©\pe:imental laboratory for record
ing effect of altitude on carburetor
or ccndit ons one armored combat
macuine, mounting Colts automatic
rapid-fire machine guns 2 wireless
c^rs with complete equipments for
100 mile stations and with machine
gucs for defense field hospital car
with operating room complete field
kitchen two balloon distroyers with
The latest aeii^l bomb guns for at
tacking aircraft, and one artillery
transport.
The ideas embodied in each car
are the result of long and careful,
oont'Jfe-.aticn of conditions in this
country and are worked out in
minutest detail, even to jhe mat
ter cf steel rings and chains on the
sides of the machines .to held sap
pi ngs ard fcrush which shall con
ceal the machines from eyes of air
outs and make the'r movements
less observaVls troops.
Cearge B. Gill, Chas. Hunt, Hans
P. Hansen, N ck Thielen and John
Chr stensen autced to Atlantic Mon
day
evening whe they attended
the Elk hedge, the three latter be
ing initiated into the mysteries of
the order.
Miss Ella Williams fis taking a
vacat'on from her duties in the Ed
ton Rcket St ere ard is now in
Ott wa Kans -wsi ing relatives
having -c:oir.p: n'e:l her Uncle Elka
nah W.ll an.s who departed for that
placs last week.
OF THE
ARE ACTIVE
J. C. A'.drich of Omaha is in tow
this week for purpose of working
up a class of candidates to be in
it ated in the local camp which has
a membership at present of 25.
An attempt is to be made to or
gani&e a drill team for the local
camp to go to the annual encamp
ment of the Uniform Rank of the
W. A. W. which is held every year
at Arnolds Park at Lake Okoboj
The encampment begins on July 2 tit
a: lasts the entire week durin
wl ich time the various teams partic
pate in competitive drills for prizes
for best work.
Tonight the Audubon drill will be
in Exira for the purpose of putting!
on the work cf introducing a candi
date and will do some drilling on
the street before the ledge convenes
Mr. N. D. Hamlin, deceased, was
a memter of our local camp and
.held a certificate for $20000.00
which was paid Monday this week.
Mr. aud Mis. E. C. Wilson and
twin daughters, Marguerite and Mar
jorle returned last Thursday from
their auto trip to Des Moines and
Ames where they were entertained
at the homes of her brothers K. G.
Lancelot in Dies Moines and W. H.
Lancelot in Ames
Mrs. John Nielson has been quite
elck the palst week.
Journal
LARGEST CLASS IN H.
S.
Last Thursday evening a large
crowd filled ihe school auditorium
to wit: ess the graduation cf a fine
class of students. Twelve young peo
pie received diplomas. The following
lis TLeodoie Nelson, Goldie Chase
rank Dimick Madealfne Essington,
Marie Freeman, Leila Kline, Mabed
Ide, Henry Petersen, Myrtle Grinyer
Geuevfeve Wright, Linna Brinker
lioff and Agnes Nelsen.
Theodore Nelson received the
highest rank with Myrtle Grinyer,
Mabel Ide Goldi'e Chase, Marie Free
man, and Leila Kline less than one
pe. cent behind. All the class was
strong on an average.
The high school under the direc
tion of Miss Curtis rendered excel
lent mvs'cal numbers which were
greatly, appreciated.
Dr. J. L. Conger the speaker of
the evening gave a very thoughtful
address on "Trained Leadership,"
He dealt especially with the pro
blem of community betterment in
rural section.
SUDDEN OEATH
NEAR ELKHORN
Mr. G-orge F.'sh was born in
Summit Co., Ohio. February, 16,
1846 and died at his home five
les southw" cf Elkhorn Wednes
di.y evening June 9th. 1915.
lhat day was their 48th. wedding
a. nlversaiy. His dea*.h was a shock
to the neightoihcod. Altho his
heal had been failing" him since
1 st March. He wes able to be
about most of the time and shortly
b-f. re his dea he had brought the
cows home f.om pasture and lie
down to milk a cow. His vifei
saw him get up from Ihe milk stool
and sa Oh, two or three times and
fell over forward. She phoned to
her daughter, Mrs. Lamer and lius
-nd. They ar.d Dr. James came (im
mediately but his spirit had passed
away.
While 'Te was qui' young he
moved with his parents to Wiscon
sin when a young man became ac
q.ialD'ed wi a young lady whose
name wrs Miss Rachel Grey. Later
they were married and moved to
S!:elby Co and loca'.ed on the place
wli re (liey new own. They came to
th's C)u:i-.y in ihe year cf
1S67
ETOE
$1.00 PER YEAR
ar.d
were some of Ihe first settlers in
Clay twp. They have watched every
plac? being built up and have seen
every grcve around here grow up.
L'ecefsed and h's wife mostly al
ways at ending meetings at Union
church southeast of their place, as
well as 1 er places near bv where
tlicre were religious services.
He leaves to mourn his death
one sen, Will ani, and oi\e daughter
who is now Mrs. David Lamer, wlio
lives with heir family four mjles
west of here. Deceased was at .he
time of his death 61) years 3mo.
and 23 dajs.
Rev. E\ars Spourd, pastor of the
M. E. church of Walnut conducted,
the funeral ser\ice a| the home and
the Odd Fellows took charge of the
exercises at the gra\e. IMr. Fish
had a host of acquaintances who
were shocked to hear of his sud
den death.
Mr. ard Mrs. Lafe Simpson of
south of this city and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Ross of Audubon left Saturday
for an extended tiip through the
we§t. The principal ofject of their
trip is to visit the San Diego and
San Francisco Exposition, but on
the:r journey they will stop at Seat
tle, Poitland and Van C'ouver, after
which they will go by water to San
Francisco.^
Ben Simpson and wife of Atlantic
came Friday to the Simpson famr
near Brayton and will have charge
of the place during the absence of
their son, Lafe and wife. They are
expecting to bo gone for a month
or so.
Don't bother your neighbor. Sub
scribe tor tihe Journal, (la year.
OF
John T. Hill was born Dec. 27th,
IS31 in Summerset County, Penn.
where he grew to manhood. At the
age of 23 he was married to Eliza
May. To this union were born 5
children, Hestor Mary McCord, who
died in 1901. Jacob H. Hill of Anita
Jennie Zike of Exira, Ella Brown of
Atlantic and Bert Hill of Exira who
with the aged wife, 12 grandchildre
and 19 great grandchildren are leCb
to muurn his death. In 1857 Mr.
Hill and wife moved from Penn.
to Cedar County la. where he resid
ed uutil 1S72 when with his family
he came to Audubon Co. locating at
old Louisville about 3 miles south
of Exira where he lived for about
2 years then moving to Greeley twp
about 3 miles northeast of Exira
and ni 1881 he located on and iim*
proved the fa/rni in Audubon twp. 41
miles east of Exira that he still
owned at the time of his death.
Here he lived for about 33 years
devoting his ,ime to farming until
the fa'l of 1914 when his health
fail'ng he rented his farm and cam®
to Exira where he lived until his
death.
iWhen a very young man he joinedi
tihe Regular Army in which he serv
ed one year when on account of
his age his parents took him home.
Again in the early par. cf the Civil
war when hi's country needed his
services he Volunteered from. John
son County, la. in .Ihe Fourtheenth
Cowa Infantry Reg. Serving 3 years
unt'l the close of .be war soldier
ing most cf the time under U. Si.
Grant.
At il etd of the war he returned
home to his family and since devot
ed his ti'me .'.(o terming.
Mr. 11 was known to his friends
jano nelgttibo:s as a mcst exiem
plary citizen and obliging neighbor
and a most devoied husband and
fa ber, word being as good as
h's bnnd. He said co ill of anyome
and by hia death the County loses
one of its bsa and most loyal
cit zet s, ccming to Audubon County
in the early days cf its settlement
He helped to improve the County
shar ng in the hardships of those
early days aid by hard work nnd
induitiy leaves to his wife and
children the farm that he lived
and toiled on so long.
Thus again tl:e family ties are
br ai t. gocd husband and
father rfter a mariied life of 60
years, is called to l:is reward.
I C'-U'd Thanks
We s'nceie'y thank all our friends
and neighbors, who contributed to
our comfort during the s'ekness,
death and burial of our husband
a. father.
Ard to those who so kindly dec
ora ed tl cl.urtli, ai who brought
floral offering, and to the sing
sand pianoist, all will be held in,
affectionate remembrance.
•«r
T. HILL
Elizabeth 11 11 and a lid re I
Miss Maiian Bagley of Audubon
was a week end visitor with her
frier Linna Briukerhoff.
UNCLE JOHN HILL'S
A REMARKABLE LIFE
At an early age he was like, so
many of cur American boys, full of
patiiotlsm and being sturdy of ha
bits ard character and 'large of sta
ture. made it easy for 'him to enlist
in the United States Army. After a
yeats stremious service in Army his
parents negotiated with the Depart
ment at Washington and secured his
discliatge. When the Civil war broke
out, he again enlisted when his pre
vious experience in army life made
him a model soldier and he served
his country to the end of the great
conflict. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have
raised a model family.
Dr. Holloran and wife have ar
rived in Audubon to make their fut
ure home. They made the trip from
Paris, 111. their past plaoe of resi
dence, in their automobile, sending
the'r furniture by railroad last week
Dr. Hallotran will practice medicine
In that city.
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